Down the road…

… stood this young Kudu bull. He was stock-still, awaiting my move.

Often, the first reaction of many prey species is not to run when they encounter a predator (or anything else moving about which they are not certain, like me in my Jimny).

Instead, they freeze in place to see if the sighted potential threat continues on a course parallel or away from themselves. If that is the case, they go back to what they were doing before the encounter.

But if the subject of interest (me in this case!) turns towards them or remains still for too long, then they will take evasive action and run away.

This is exactly what happened in this case as I had to continue on the road.

Technical data: Canon R6 with EF lens f2.8/70-200mm | ISO 100 | 1/500sec | f2.8 | ev+0 | 170mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode

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